On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc at crodrigues.org>wrote:
> After exchanging a few e-mails with Bernard, I think I understand the
> problem.
> According to the VirtualBox manual:
>>http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#intro-64bitguests>> The CPU needs to support hardware-assisted virtualization in order for
> VirtualBox to support 64-bit guests.
> Without the CPU support, VirtualBox cannot do it. I double checked
> this with CoreInfo.exe from Windows Sysinternals utilities,
> and also from the Intel data sheet for my CPU:
>>http://ark.intel.com/products/30787> (VT-x option not supported)
>>> I will use QEMU under Windows until I can get a better machine. :)
>
I believe a Windows 7 product key will activate either 32 or 64 install, so
unless you have a specific reason to install 64 bit then you are likely
better using 32 anyway. 32 bit OS's and apps use less memory than their
corresponding 64 bit counterparts.
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Adam Vande More